A Pluto Transit

Pluto has just entered Joe's 8th house and he expressed some curiosity about the lengthy transit ahead. "What in the world will happen?" A common query. To see what the story is one can look at the 8th house and its planets, the Scorpio Sun, and Pluto in Libra in the 5th. Saturn in Gemini in the first is also a major player, and, of course, the South Node in Cancer.

According to the astrological chart, Joe is likely to be a man of means. Jupiter and the North Node in the 8th in Capricorn indicate spiritual wealth that translates into the material, as long as he refrains from clinging and keeping too much for himself a la Midas. His philosophy of life includes this translation, so it's no wonder that he introduced us to the idea of writing abundance checks on the new moon. Law (Capricorn) of Abundance (Jupiter) is the signer. God as banker, everyone is deserving.

As Pluto proceeds and conjoins his natal Jupiter, this belief will be tested and molded to serve his purposes when Pluto rises to the top of his chart and worldy achievement comes fully into play. His innate understanding of shared moneys is one of his best assets. Jupiter rules his 7th house so shared resources with the current people in his life could be up for study. What exits and what comes in reveal themselves as it progresses. A reckoning in the partnership area can be counted on. I would guess that some people would leave his life in exchange for others entering who more closely match his spiritual desires and love of bonding based on philosophical truths. At the same time his Gemini rising likes the superficial so the difficult juggling act among various types of communication can be mastered. Do we eat eggs, discuss the meaning of the egg, or paint them and transform them into something beyond the ordinary? Major questions to be answered.

The bigger picture and the orchestration of his upcoming experiences center around the Moon in Capricorn in the 9th and what happens in the 8th is a prelude to the culmination when Pluto conjoins Joe's Moon in 2020, along with Jupiter and Saturn, a grand and important moment in his life. He has a long time to prepare, the beauty of Pluto.

Pluto to the Moon involves the steep reduction, sometimes elimination, of the mother's power in the psyche, which can occur before or after the literal death, if at all. Not many people get the conjunction and it's a fine opportunity to advance. A Moon in Capricorn frequently depicts a cold, calculating, and controlling mother even if not apparent. The result in the child is often depression, over-timidity, and a thwarting of achievement on his own terms. The control ended up in the barricade Joe hid behind: his Saturn in the 1st. Now he can master the use of the wall and leave and enter at will as Pluto transits the 8th house, deep in the psyche, to release him from the Moon-Saturn-1st house prison. So the separation written here is from the mother, the past, the family, and so on, old patterns around money being paramount. The details are to be determined. There are many places along the way as Pluto squares his Libra stellium to work on freedom from archaic family habits and the building of solid, equitable, productive relationships, relatively free of childish emotional manipulation. The even bigger factor is the South Node in Cancer. The undertow of the family that he's never been able to shake. Now he can. It's all about Capricorn-Gemini. Speaking up and being taken seriously. Joe has the skills as everyone here knows, and after the transit I would be surprised if a confident, well-spoken man didn't emerge, with influence, respect, and that illusive indefinable commodity -- power. Capricorn 8th is the ultimate in consolidated power.

There is no way this kind of permanent growth can skirt around painful episodes, but most of us have had a lot of practice and are pretty adept. One thing that helps is knowing why and where it's leading. The point centers around his Scorpio 6th Sun and Pluto in Libra, along with Saturn in Gemini. Joe needs a routine that is satisfying, work that is important and transformative, and an ego that gets full expression in the workplace. He also desires relationships that go to the deepest roads in human emotional exchange incorporating the regenerative strength of creativity, indicated by the Pluto 5th. Pluto 5s know they are special, far beyond the pack, but they have to go through the fires before they can prove it. This is what the Pluto transits coming are designed to do, lifting the depression, removing the roadblocks, giving him voice and the ability to impact his environment, broadcasting his quirky sense of humor, and bringing him the wealth and respect he's earned in this incarnation, along with the Pluto 5th's favorite thing. Love, with a good dose of loyalty.